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Republicans, White House see progress in US debt ceiling talks

By David Morgan, Andrea Shalal and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Negotiators for Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy held what both sides called productive talks on Wednesday to try to reach a deal to raise the United States’ $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default. After a four-hour White …

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Boeing looks to embed experienced pilots with new airline customers

By Valerie Insinna WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Boeing Co is deploying experienced pilots to airlines that are training their employees to fly Boeing aircraft, as part of a wider push to reduce aviation safety risks after two 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. In 2022, a total of 125 so-called “flight operations representatives” worked with …

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Bank earnings drag Toronto market to eight-week low

By Fergal Smith (Reuters) – Canada’s main stock market fell to its lowest closing level in nearly two months on Wednesday as two major banks reported quarterly earnings that missed analysts’ estimates and U.S. debt deal uncertainty weighed on investor sentiment. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index ended down 218.32 points, or 1.1%, at …

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Abbott, baby formula makers face FTC probe for potential collusion

(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is probing whether Abbott Laboratories and other companies that make baby formula colluded in bidding on state contracts, according to a document posted on the agency’s website. The FTC is looking into whether the companies “engaged in collusion or coordination with any other market participant regarding the bidding,” …

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Nvidia shares surge 21% as sales forecast jumps and AI booms

By Chavi Mehta and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Nvidia Corp on Wednesday forecast second-quarter revenue more than 50% above Wall Street estimates, with the company saying it is boosting supply to meet surging demand for its artificial-intelligence chips, which are used to power ChatGPT and many similar services. Shares of Nvidia, the world’s most valuable listed …

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Telecom servicer QualTek enters bankruptcy to cut $307 million debt

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Telecommunications and power contractor QualTek Services Inc filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, armed with a restructuring deal that could slash $307 million of the company’s $625 million debt. QualTek filed for Chapter 11 protection in Houston, saying that increasing debt costs were beginning to cut into its operating budget, at …

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American Eagle cuts annual revenue forecast on weak apparel demand

(Reuters) -American Eagle Outfitters Inc cut its full-year revenue forecast on Wednesday, as apparel demand wavers due to still-high inflation, sending shares of the company down 15% after the bell. Higher rent and product prices in the United States dented consumer spending, hurting demand for discretionary items as cash-strapped shoppers focused on essentials such as …

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Explainer-How could a US debt ceiling default hit regular Americans?

By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – What could happen on Main Street if Washington’s political showdown over the debt ceiling stopped the government from cutting checks that fund a quarter of the economy? Americans could quickly notice painful blows dealt to their retirement accounts as stock markets swooned, and within days the lack of federal …

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No way to police all cryptocurrency fraud, CFTC commissioner says

By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A top U.S. regulator said on Tuesday there is no way to police all cryptocurrency fraud because there is so much, though her agency is working on several big cases. Christy Goldsmith Romero, one of five commissioners at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), said cryptocurrency cases account …

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Mexico government open to buying Citigroup’s Banamex

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s administration is studying the possibility of buying a majority of shares in Citigroup’s local retail unit known as Banamex, according to a government statement published on Tuesday. Buying it would be “good business,” Lopez Obrador said in a press conference earlier, when asked about rumors …

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